Credits
| Director | Igor Poplauhin |
| Scriptwriter | Igor Poplauhin |
| Producer | Konstantin Shavlovskiy |
| Cinematographer / DP | Evgeny Rodin |
| Art director | Maria Nikolaeva |
| Editor | Igor Poplauhin |
| Sound Designer | Vyacheslav Nesmeyanov |
cast
| Vasilisa | Irina Salikova |
| serving of the prison | Gala Samoylova |
| young convict | Kirill Kukushkin |
Igor Poplauhin
Director03/05/1986
Biography
Igor Poplauhin graduated the Moscow School of New Cinema. He directed the short fictions “Calendar” (2018), “22” (2016). Participant of the competition programs of Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), Montreal International Film Festival, SHNIT. The short feature “22” was shown in the Montreal Branch of the Goethe-Institut, in the Moscow Multimedia Art Museum as part of the “Night of arts”, in the Garage Museum.
Filmography
Calendar (2018), 28 min, short fiction | 22 (2016), 32 min, short fiction |
Directors Statement
The main character represents a social phenomenon known in Russia as “Zhdulya” from the Russian word “zhdat” - to wait. These women,often married with children,visit prisons on certain dates to spend time with prisoners. The men that they visit aren't people they know, mostly they're prisoners that they see for the first time.Is it some kind of perverted fetish or something more mysterious? It's a film about someone who escapes her own reality trying to fly away into realm unknown to her
